Wildlife comedy photography winners announced

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Source: Radio New Zealand

Bird Category Winner: These guillemots in Norway were nesting on a small rocky cliff ledge where space was at a premium. The nests all crammed in close together which isn’t a good recipe for being good neighbours, as guillemots are fiercely territorial.Warren Price

Fish & Other Aquatic Animals Category Winner: Whilst on a scuba dive in the Philippines, this little fish kept popping its head out of its home, a hole in the patterned coral. I took a few photos and I loved its cheeky face smiling back at me.Jenny Stock: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Reptile, Amphibian & Insect Category Winner: This photo taken in Maine USA shows green frogs establishing territory in the pond.Grayson Bell: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Nikon Young Photographer Category Winner: Red foxes at play in the Netherlands by Paula Rustemeier.Nico Dreier

Portfolio Category Winner: A young female chimpanzee picking her nose and eating it!Maggie Hoffman: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly commended: Now which direction is my nest? A gannet in eastern England is shortsighted while collecting nesting grass.Alison Tuck: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly Commended: A white-tailed sea eagle saying “go away”.Annette Kirby: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly Commended: Landing Gear Down. A red-throated Loon in Finland.Erkko Badermann: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly Commended: Bad Hair Day! A mother grey squirrel relocating her babies to a new nest in Victoria, BC.Christy Grinton: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly Commended: Monkey Circus. Baboons at play in Zimbabwe.Kalin Botev: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly Commended: Gorilla’s in RwandaMark Meth-Cohn

Highly Commended: “If you don’t lick your fingers, you’re only half enjoying it.” A lemure in Madagascar.Liliana Luca: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Highly commended: The choir by Meline Ellwanger shows three lions yawning in sync.Meline Ellwanger

Highly Commended: Smile – you’re being photographed.Valtteri Mulkahainen

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